Record lows tonight, freeze warning, low 27

Clear skies and calmer winds overnight will be a perfect recipe for temperatures to bottom out across the region. Overnight lows all across Western Massachusetts, including the cities, are expected to drop into the 20s. The all-time record low for the Pioneer Valley is 31 degrees at Bradley International Airport, set back in 1978. While we were on pace for a top-10 warm April, these last few cold mornings to close out the month may bump this year from that list.

An area of high pressure will be over us on Monday, keeping the skies mostly sunny throughout the day. Once we get past the cold start, it will actually be a decent April afternoon ... sunshine, light winds, and temperatures in the mid-60s. Some clouds will start pushing in from the west towards sunset, as that high departs and our next round of rain gets ready to move in.

Showers will be arriving in Western Massachusetts after midnight Monday and will likely provide a wet Tuesday morning commute. While most of the steady rain will be early in the day on Tuesday, plenty of cloud cover and a few leftover showers will still make the afternoon a little dreary. A few more rounds of scattered showers will be moving in and out of the region for the second half of the workweek ... particularly Thursday and Friday.